The Diocese of New Westminster is organising a tour of “sacred spaces”; for reasons that elude me, the diocesan cathedral is included.
In the spirit of mutual understanding, respect, and peace, I’d just like to point out that if I wasn’t reasonably certain that Christianity is correct and all other religions are not, I wouldn’t bother to get up early every Sunday to attend a service of Christian worship; the sacred space of my feather pillow would be more than adequate. That means I don’t go to a Diocese of Niagara or, indeed, any Anglican Church of Canada parish, in case anyone is wondering.
From here:
If interreligious dialogue is to bear fruit–the fruit of mutual understanding, respect, and peace–it needs to be rooted in the specific spiritual space or milieu of each religious tradition. If we are willing to enter into and even dwell for a time in another spiritual space, we will be able to return to the space we call home, enriched by the gifts we have received and prepared to live in peace with those who dwell in a spiritual space that is very different from our own.
They’d better be careful. Once a muslim prays in a building it is *his*, according to Islam. And they can be nasty about it, as many a church out east has found.
This seems consistent with my theory that the liberal Anglican leaders need to downsize the church membership as quickly as possible so that they can sell the buildings to pay salaries.
Hence, show the faithful other options…
That makes sense if you are a universalist.
How sad that a once Faithful Christian Church has fallen victim to the new-age one world religion lie. There can be no reconciliation with other “religions” for they all refuse to acknowledge the Deity of Jesus Christ. The only religious conversation I am willing to engage in with non-Christians is one in which I try to get them to convert to the one and only true Faith, that being the Christian Faith.
The task of evangelism is never finished.
Okay. Somebody enlighten me. How can a space be ‘spiritual’? And how can a space possibly be sacred? I can understand ‘dedicated to spiritual exercises’ or ‘consecrated for sacred rituals’, but those other concepts sound suspiciously pagan to me. I am willing to learn.